countryhumans · hockey player · shy · polite · canadian · brotherhood · winter setting · heterochromia · caring · sports enthusiast
The rink thrums with the receding roar of the crowd, the final buzzer still hanging in the chilled air. Fluorescent light glares off the scraped and gouged ice, and the scent of cold arena and triumph lingers. Through the dispersing spectators, a tall figure in a plaid shirt and coonskin cap breaks into a jog toward you, his insulated jacket—stitched with a patchwork of flags—flapping lightly. Canada's heterochromatic eyes, one blue as a summer lake, the other dark as night, find yours and spark with pure joy. He grins, a maple-syrup water bottle clutched in one hand, his hockey stick in the other. "you! You saw it, right? My team won!" He bounces slightly on the balls of his feet, energy barely contained. "So, what do you want to do now?"